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this is the top of mt washington, the highest spots on the eastern seaboard, 6,000 feet. a weather observer said this was an awesome sight. one of the best shows in a long time in northern new england. haven't heard of any tonight. but, you know, you can go to space weather website and they try to predict when these will happen. usually it is in the northern latitudes. as far as the forecast, a quiet day out there. we have rain in charlotte, north carolina, to columbia and through south carolina. a little bit of a wet drive through 95 and up into the areas around fayetteville. this is exiting during the day to day. it's not going to last too long or be anything severe. so that's good. temperatures as peter was mentioning, chilly across the country. but as we would expect now as we get into our cold weather season, as far as airports go and travel, there's really no snow and sno freezing rain or anything to talk about. this afternoon, a very quiet beautiful day. temperatures will be in the 40s and 50s. the storm i was talking about the last couple days, for once, our compu
this is the top of mt washington, the highest spots on the eastern seaboard, 6,000 feet. a weather observer said this was an awesome sight. one of the best shows in a long time in northern new england. haven't heard of any tonight. but, you know, you can go to space weather website and they try to predict when these will happen. usually it is in the northern latitudes. as far as the forecast, a quiet day out there. we have rain in charlotte, north carolina, to columbia and through south...
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. >> she goes to washington, d.c. and it's a little bit like one of those dog, fetch, and she goes to washington, d.c. and gets all of these taxes and red tape and bureaucracy and executive orders and agencies and she brings all of this stuff and dumps it on us in missouri. >> so politics is tough, you got to have thick skin. but this guy, akin, given his track record, saying she's like a dog that fetches. >> a bit much. doglessly. i'm horrified by that. quite frankly, i'm sort of horrified by the level of discourse in the country today. the last few years. how we've gone -- we no longer know how to disagree without being disagreeable. i know that might be earnest and pie in the sky. at some point we have to stop with the vitt reol and get down to the business of hashing out problems. >> i'm sorry to say that i'm -- >> women, i'm sorry. when we used to be on television sometimes. they have to be blond and perfect and say nothing. now women are challenging and asking for questions and actually pushing these contender t
. >> she goes to washington, d.c. and it's a little bit like one of those dog, fetch, and she goes to washington, d.c. and gets all of these taxes and red tape and bureaucracy and executive orders and agencies and she brings all of this stuff and dumps it on us in missouri. >> so politics is tough, you got to have thick skin. but this guy, akin, given his track record, saying she's like a dog that fetches. >> a bit much. doglessly. i'm horrified by that. quite frankly, i'm...
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i mean -- >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. tomorrow night's debate could be another turning point. mitt romney will try to extend the gains that he has made since his first debate in denver. the president hopes to recover from a lackluster performance. and joining me now, msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com. hey, chris, thanks so much. let's talk about the race. let's talk about the polls. let's talk about debate prep. the challenges for each. you've got a town hall format, and already today you've got a little bit of trying to work the ref with word from our friend mark halperin that lawyers for both campaigns have signed a memorandum of understanding that has no political or legal weight because it is not the format agreed to. it has no weight on the debate commission. and presumably no weight on the moderator herself, candy crowley. we've reached out to cnn for their take. this is all happening today as we speak. >> andrea, i try to keep my analysis within kind of, you know, within bounds and not get t
i mean -- >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. tomorrow night's debate could be another turning point. mitt romney will try to extend the gains that he has made since his first debate in denver. the president hopes to recover from a lackluster performance. and joining me now, msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com. hey, chris, thanks so much. let's talk about the race. let's talk about the polls. let's talk about debate prep. the challenges for each....
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i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. it is back to the battleground states after a night of comedy in new york. and white ties an tails. let's get back to our daily fix, joining me in person, chris cizilla and msnbc contributor managing editor of the "washington post" post politics and, of course, our own mark murray. deputy political editor. thank you both very much. >> sure. >> mark to you first, the nbc/marist poll, iowa and wisconsin, the top line and also the internals what are you seeing there in this firewall really, the midwest some. >> president obama has leads in iowa and wisconsin and by eight points in iowa, six points in wisconsin and if you basically say he's also ahead in ohio, basically winning those three states gets him beyond 270 electoral votes. that is the midwest firewall. i will tell you we got a lot of comments from the romney campaign who say look, we think the race in iowa is much, much closer. they're actually pointing to some of the internal numbers that show that the early voting is maybe a l
i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. it is back to the battleground states after a night of comedy in new york. and white ties an tails. let's get back to our daily fix, joining me in person, chris cizilla and msnbc contributor managing editor of the "washington post" post politics and, of course, our own mark murray. deputy political editor. thank you both very much. >> sure. >> mark to you first, the nbc/marist poll, iowa and wisconsin, the top line and also the...
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. >> reporter: brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> attacks in afghanistan over the weekend claimed the lives of both civilians and american soldiers. eight nato troops including six americans died in assaults by taliban insurgents or afghan government forces. one attack may have been directed at the location where england's prince harry is based. >>> and the nato coalition has apologized for an air strike that killed eight afghan women. they were gathering firewood in the same general area as 45 insurgents who had been targeted. >>> well, lawyers for england's duke and duchess of cambridge will appear in a paris court today to file a criminal complaint against the photographer who took topless photographs of the duchess. prince william and kate are in the salomon islands on the latest leg of their far east tour. royal correspondent with our english broadcaster itn is traveling with them. >> reporter: if there are storm clouds gathering in europe over the publication of those photographs, it wasn't apparent here. william and kate were given the salomon islands' version of a royal pa
. >> reporter: brian mooar, nbc news, washington. >>> attacks in afghanistan over the weekend claimed the lives of both civilians and american soldiers. eight nato troops including six americans died in assaults by taliban insurgents or afghan government forces. one attack may have been directed at the location where england's prince harry is based. >>> and the nato coalition has apologized for an air strike that killed eight afghan women. they were gathering firewood in...
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they deserve all of us here in washington to be thinking every single day, how can i make things a little better for them? which isn't to say that everything we do is going to be perfect or that there aren't just going to be some big, tough challenges that we have to grapple with. but i do know that the federal government can see a difference. we are seeinging it right now on the jersey coast and in new york. people are still going through a really tough time. the response hasn't been perfect but it's been aggressive and strong and fast and robust and a lot of people have been helped because of it. and that's a pretty good metaphor for how i want the federal government to operate generally and i'll do everything i can to make sure it does. christie parson. hey. >> thank you, mr. president. and congratulations by the way. >> thanks. christie was there in -- when i was running for state senate. >> that's right, i was. >> christie and i go back a ways. >> never seen you lose. i wasn't there that one time. >> there you go. >> one quick follow-up and then i want to ask you about iran. i just w
they deserve all of us here in washington to be thinking every single day, how can i make things a little better for them? which isn't to say that everything we do is going to be perfect or that there aren't just going to be some big, tough challenges that we have to grapple with. but i do know that the federal government can see a difference. we are seeinging it right now on the jersey coast and in new york. people are still going through a really tough time. the response hasn't been perfect...
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david i go anyway shus writing in the "washington post" had an interesting take on what was going behind the protests particularly in libya and egypt. he wrote what's happen inning cairo and benghazi is a case of political opportunism by salafist islamic extrooemists who are unhappy with the success that more moderate islamist and secular in egypt and libya have had in building political support. do you agree with that statement? >> absolutely. there's a lot of intraislamic competition like the muslim brotherhood trying to take leadership in the arab world and coming to the political rise in egypt and spreading. and also the more extremely actors who also have more space to operate in the post-arab spring world. there are other broader, strategic exploitations taking place in response to this video. egypt is a really good case study for that. just looking at how many different players are nervous about the transformation with egypt with much of the old guard retiring and now the islamists asserts themselves. you have christians very nervous about that. you have elements of the military n
david i go anyway shus writing in the "washington post" had an interesting take on what was going behind the protests particularly in libya and egypt. he wrote what's happen inning cairo and benghazi is a case of political opportunism by salafist islamic extrooemists who are unhappy with the success that more moderate islamist and secular in egypt and libya have had in building political support. do you agree with that statement? >> absolutely. there's a lot of intraislamic...
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. >> politico, george washington university showing obama leading romney by only one point. other tracking we are still waiting on shows narrowing of the race. >> if you look at the polls going into the debate the president was at the highest he's been and in the strongest political position at this stage in the debate. romney was going to consolidate more support and even folks in the obama campaign said romney was likely to get a bump in the polls from his performance. you know, it was always close and will continue to be close. >> i think neither side is going to get a blowout, but i think the debate helped give mitt romney the gap that will decrease. mitt romney showed he has the capability of being president. >> we have to go. congratulations on the baby. lots of luck. >> thank you. >> in today's amr moment we have a look at the good, the bad and the ugly from sunday's nfl match-ups. first to new orleans where drus pushed into the record books with the saints first touchdown against the chargers made it 48 straight games with at least one touchdown pass for brees puttin
. >> politico, george washington university showing obama leading romney by only one point. other tracking we are still waiting on shows narrowing of the race. >> if you look at the polls going into the debate the president was at the highest he's been and in the strongest political position at this stage in the debate. romney was going to consolidate more support and even folks in the obama campaign said romney was likely to get a bump in the polls from his performance. you know,...
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the white house distanced itself last night from the statement saying it was not cleared by washington. that reflects the mixed signals they are sending to the world. the attacks in libya underscore the world remains a dangerous place and american leadership is still sorely needed. in the face of this violence america cannot shrink from the responsibility to lead. american leadership is necessary to assure the events cannot spin out of control. we cannot hesitate to use our influence in the region for those that share our values and interests. over the last several years we stood witness to an arab spring that presents the opportunity for a more peaceful and prosperous region. it also has the potential of peril. we must strive to insure that the arab spring does not become an arab winter. with that i am happy to take any questions you may have. steve? >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. >> the embassy in cairo put out a statement after their grounds had been preached and protesters were inside the grounds and they reiterated that statement after the breach. i think it's -- i think it's a terri
the white house distanced itself last night from the statement saying it was not cleared by washington. that reflects the mixed signals they are sending to the world. the attacks in libya underscore the world remains a dangerous place and american leadership is still sorely needed. in the face of this violence america cannot shrink from the responsibility to lead. american leadership is necessary to assure the events cannot spin out of control. we cannot hesitate to use our influence in the...
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i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the horrible story of the courageous diplomat in libya. he acted heroically in overthrowing lives during ka dauf fee. hours before the killing, romney issued a statement accusing president obama of having sympathized with those making the attacks and called it disgraceful. reince priebus went further, tweeting toll a similar attack on cairo. this echos past attacks from the right. what is new on the statement in libya is the wildness. the president never said he sympathized with the crowds in libya and egypt. mark halperin and howard fineman are political analysts for msnbc. how did romney get in this mess? look at the timeline of events. it started yesterday morning at 6:00 a.m. eastern time, noon in cairo. that's when the american embassy put out a statement saying it condemns the statements by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims. at about noon, the wall was breached and ripped down around 10:00 at night. secretary clinton releas
i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with the horrible story of the courageous diplomat in libya. he acted heroically in overthrowing lives during ka dauf fee. hours before the killing, romney issued a statement accusing president obama of having sympathized with those making the attacks and called it disgraceful. reince priebus went further, tweeting toll a similar attack on cairo. this echos past attacks from the right. what is new on the statement in libya is the wildness....
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on behalf of washington, and all of the little children who grew up in d.c. without a team to call their own, i salute you jayson werth. washington, d.c. >> bringing tears to my eyes. >> yeah. >> it's beautiful. >> howard, yankees cap. >> there's a metaphor between my frequently worn yankee cap and your infrequently worn nats cap. >> wow. >> there is a door in the floor that's going to open. >> just like hair deferential between the two of you. she can't afford hat head. >> this is how much i'm willing to sk sacrifice for our team. >> it is our team. i have to be honest if it ends up being the yankees, in the playoffs i have to go yankees. i'm a yankee girl. nats until the yankee. >> we'll redirect people to buzz feed sports. >> i was trying to red about politics and everybody is talking about baseball. >> hey, man. >> some things are important. >> exactly. >> that is all for us. thank you franklin, howard, karen and ben. i will see you back here monday with a big fat show at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific when joined by sam stein, matt, and nia malika hende
on behalf of washington, and all of the little children who grew up in d.c. without a team to call their own, i salute you jayson werth. washington, d.c. >> bringing tears to my eyes. >> yeah. >> it's beautiful. >> howard, yankees cap. >> there's a metaphor between my frequently worn yankee cap and your infrequently worn nats cap. >> wow. >> there is a door in the floor that's going to open. >> just like hair deferential between the two of you....
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but some members of newtown united headed to washington today. they took the day off from their jobs. they woke up at dawn. they drove to washington to go meet with members of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. newtown united, a group of people at the epicenter of national tragedy. one of the parents who traveled to washington today was lucky enough to have his child, who attends sandy hook elementary come home from that school on friday. but he said today that he is taking action now in the wake of the shootings because he does not think the next time it should just depend on luck. >> every time something like columbine, virginia tech were happening, i would avert my eyes, and i will still think that something will be done. but all those believes were shattered on friday. and now i think we all need to speak up. >> joining us now for the interview is the reverend welton gaddy. he is the pastor of the north minister baptist church in monroe, louisiana. he is also head of the interfaith alliance. reverend gaddy, thanks for being here. >>
but some members of newtown united headed to washington today. they took the day off from their jobs. they woke up at dawn. they drove to washington to go meet with members of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. newtown united, a group of people at the epicenter of national tragedy. one of the parents who traveled to washington today was lucky enough to have his child, who attends sandy hook elementary come home from that school on friday. but he said today that he is taking action now...
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it is a somber day in washington and america around the world. flanked by secretary of state hillary clinton, president obama condemned the attack in benghazi that led to the death of four americans including the death of ambassador chris steven. >> we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake justice will be done. >> joining me chief foreign correspondent richard engel in cairo ro and nicolas burns former ambassador to nato and professor at the harvard kennedy school. first to you, richard, you've been out there all day. tell me about what's happening in cairo right now and your recap of what sparked the attacks both in cairo and benghazi? >> i think it's important to differentiate between the two because they're very different kinds of demonstrations and attack right now in cairo, there is still a demonstration going on, a couple hundred, maybe not even that many, hardline supporters, most of them were members of the islamic group, supporters of the old blind cleric, from the first w
it is a somber day in washington and america around the world. flanked by secretary of state hillary clinton, president obama condemned the attack in benghazi that led to the death of four americans including the death of ambassador chris steven. >> we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake justice will be done. >> joining me chief foreign correspondent richard engel in cairo ro and nicolas burns former ambassador to...
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>> we haven't had the leadership in washington to work on a bipartisan basis. i was able to do that in my state and bring these two together. >> mr. president? >> first of all, i think governor romney was for an assault weapons ban before he was against it. and he said that the reason he changed his mind was in far because he was seeking the endorsement of the national rifle association. so that's on the record. but i think that one area we agree on is the importance of parents and the importance of schools. because i do believe that if our young people have opportunity then they're less likely to engage in these acts. we can make a difference in terms pf ensuring that every young person in america, regardless of where they come from and what they look like, have a chance to succeed. we haven't had a chance to talk about education much, but i think it is very important to understand that the reforms we've put in place working with 46 governors around the country are seeing schools, some of the ones that are the toughest for kids starting to succeed. we're start
>> we haven't had the leadership in washington to work on a bipartisan basis. i was able to do that in my state and bring these two together. >> mr. president? >> first of all, i think governor romney was for an assault weapons ban before he was against it. and he said that the reason he changed his mind was in far because he was seeking the endorsement of the national rifle association. so that's on the record. but i think that one area we agree on is the importance of...
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it's a busy day in washington, d.c. we'll have more on all of this we'll have more on all of this coming up. diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it could save you thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call now to request your free decision guide. i've been with my doctor for 12 years. now i know i'll be able to stick with him. you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accep
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i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. well, there they were side-by-side, and for real they were in the white house this weekend. president obama taking his message of middle class tax cuts and tax increases for the rich to detroit today. just as michigan is facing a big vote against union organizing in a state long identified with the labor movement. joining me now for our daily fix, msnbc contributor and managing editor of "post politics.com". good day to you. well, first of all, the labor movement really on the ropes now in michigan of all places. michigan where detroit, of course, was the heart of the auto movement, the auto union, and now you've got a vote -- final vote is tomorrow as the president is being greeted by rick snyder, the governor, who says he will sign that, and to union right to work legislation. what does that really mean? >> well, so what you have here, this is something that's passed in 20 plus states. what it essentially says is you do not have to pay union dues in order to be employed. unions view
i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. well, there they were side-by-side, and for real they were in the white house this weekend. president obama taking his message of middle class tax cuts and tax increases for the rich to detroit today. just as michigan is facing a big vote against union organizing in a state long identified with the labor movement. joining me now for our daily fix, msnbc contributor and managing editor of "post politics.com". good day to you. well, first of all,...
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"the washington post's" bob woodward. jeffrey goldberg of "the atlantic," and our own andrea mitchell. >>> "meet the press" is brought to you by the boeing company. [ female announcer ] how do you define your moment? the blissful pause just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery, the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward, making a delicious choice that's also a smart choice. splenda no-calorie sweetener. with the original sugar-like taste you love and trust. splenda makes the moment yours. >>> coming up, our political roundtable. was this week that 3:00 a.m. phone call, that moment for romney? >>> we're back with our political roundtable. joining me, national correspondent for the "the atlantic," jeff goldberg. nbc's chief foreign affairs corporate andrea mitchell. associate editor of "the washington post" and the author of "the price of politics," bob woodward. chairman of the homeland security commission, peter king. and keith e
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pete williams joins us live from washington. we heard the fbi could not get in because it was such a dangerous situation. what do you have for us now? >> today they did aaccompaccomiy special forces from the u.s. military who secured the compound while the agents went in and tried to exploit what evidence they could. it's been three weeks since the ambassador was shot. attorney general holder was asked today, and he said he believes the investigation is going well because of all the other work that the fbi and other investigative agencies have been doing talking to witnesses. he says there's lots of things going on outside of benghazi, and that he believes the investigation is progressing satisfactorily. obviously, it would have been better. the fbi would have preferred fob in there earlier, but they believe this is not a huge setback. >> thank you very much. pete, greatly appreciate you updating us on the breaking news there it. next on "news nation," garden state guru. chris christie predicted the debate would be a game change
pete williams joins us live from washington. we heard the fbi could not get in because it was such a dangerous situation. what do you have for us now? >> today they did aaccompaccomiy special forces from the u.s. military who secured the compound while the agents went in and tried to exploit what evidence they could. it's been three weeks since the ambassador was shot. attorney general holder was asked today, and he said he believes the investigation is going well because of all the other...
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i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight, president obama leads for the search of killers for justice for the murder of four americans in the line of duty. mitt romney, meanwhile, continues his desperate attempt to justify his effort to exploit chris stevens and the others. for the critics of romney's supporters, what made him do it? the hawkish urge to address the neocon handlers or could it be both? president obama benefits from the national security and foreign policy advisers, many of them career professionals. his rival is surrounded by campaign hot shots imagine trying to repeat or to reap on the spot joining us is nia-malika henderson. let's listen to the president. >> what i want all of you to know is that we are going to bring those who killed our fellow americans to justice. i want people around the world to hear me, to all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. it will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. no act of violence shakes the r
i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight, president obama leads for the search of killers for justice for the murder of four americans in the line of duty. mitt romney, meanwhile, continues his desperate attempt to justify his effort to exploit chris stevens and the others. for the critics of romney's supporters, what made him do it? the hawkish urge to address the neocon handlers or could it be both? president obama benefits from the national security and foreign policy advisers, many of them...
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washington bureau chief from mother jones and our political analyst. let's take a look at some of this stuff from john mccain. four years since john mccain lost his presidential bid, ten days since mitt romney lost but they are holding a grudge against the president and their bitter comments this week. listen to romney's conference calm about obama's gifts and mccain's gifts about obama ally susan rice. >> what the president, the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of his base coalition, give them extra financial gift from the government and then work very aggressively to turn them out to vote. >> susan rice should have known better and if she didn't know better she's not qualified. she should have known better. i will do everything in my power to block her from being the united states secretary of state. >> let's go after romney first in a way that he's calculating how he lost. you can give all kinds of reasons when you lose. when you spout the argument that the other guy bought all the interest groups, that seems to diminish not jus
washington bureau chief from mother jones and our political analyst. let's take a look at some of this stuff from john mccain. four years since john mccain lost his presidential bid, ten days since mitt romney lost but they are holding a grudge against the president and their bitter comments this week. listen to romney's conference calm about obama's gifts and mccain's gifts about obama ally susan rice. >> what the president, the president's campaign did was focus on certain members of...
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a very big, very consequential day in washington. the president will lay out his view of the economy going forward this afternoon. these will be his first formal comments since election night. the statement says it's going to be about reducing the
a very big, very consequential day in washington. the president will lay out his view of the economy going forward this afternoon. these will be his first formal comments since election night. the statement says it's going to be about reducing the
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in washington pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post" eugene robinson and michael o'hanlon, senior fellow with the 21st century defense initiative. two men better equipped for today i could not find. eugene, you have been a foreign correspondent in places as far afield as argentina and europe. you know the middle east. mitt romney says he wants to arm the syrian rebels with serious amounts of military hardware. i ask you, eugene, is america ready and willing to start a proxy war with iran on the road to damascus? >> well, good question, and first of all, i think you have to ask given the way romney has changed his policy in various areas, you have to ask is he serious about that. but if he is, that's the one sort of bit of news that came out of his speech today. it's not as if we're not already at least assisting in the arming of the rebels. there was an intelligence finding by president obama that said we could give covert aid essentially through our allies, through the saudis and the qataris, but we have discouraged them from providing heavy weapons because we're
in washington pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post" eugene robinson and michael o'hanlon, senior fellow with the 21st century defense initiative. two men better equipped for today i could not find. eugene, you have been a foreign correspondent in places as far afield as argentina and europe. you know the middle east. mitt romney says he wants to arm the syrian rebels with serious amounts of military hardware. i ask you, eugene, is america ready and willing to...
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according to "the washington post" the assessment read as follows. the currently available information suggestion the demonstrations were inspired by the protest and involved a direct assault against the u.s. consulate, supporting what susan rice told the media the next morning. the "wall street journal" also reports the president was told on his daily intelligence briefing for more than a week after the september 11th attack the assault grew out of a protest. none of this is stopping criticism of the administration. joining me now south carolina senator lindsay graham called it failed presidential leadership, a member of the rnc services committee joins us on behalf of the romney campaign. senator dpram, how are you? nice to see you at the debate site. let me ask you, what -- you have been heavily critical of the administration. why haven't you been critical of the intelligence community? it's clear, one of two things. >> i'm about to. >> okay. >> everybody -- the cia chief, i know, reported up the chain within 24 hours it was a terrorist attack ins
according to "the washington post" the assessment read as follows. the currently available information suggestion the demonstrations were inspired by the protest and involved a direct assault against the u.s. consulate, supporting what susan rice told the media the next morning. the "wall street journal" also reports the president was told on his daily intelligence briefing for more than a week after the september 11th attack the assault grew out of a protest. none of this...
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we don't need two liberal parties in washington, d.c. we need one conservative party and one liberal party. i think the problem that romney had throughout the campaign is he couldn't talk about conservatism like conservatives talk. as i heard somebody say, he talked about conservatism as if it was a second language to him. we need to -- there are things about the conservative movement that actually we believe in small government, but we also believe in the individual. too many republicans here in washington, d.c., and they are actually defending big business. they are defending the rich. i didn't become a republican to defend the rich. and what we need to understand is that big business loves big government, because they get all the goodies from big government. they get less competition. the more that government grows, the more that big business actually benefits from the tax code and from the regulations and from all those perks. >> john, you were at the white house meeting with the president this week, part of the progressive groups, s
we don't need two liberal parties in washington, d.c. we need one conservative party and one liberal party. i think the problem that romney had throughout the campaign is he couldn't talk about conservatism like conservatives talk. as i heard somebody say, he talked about conservatism as if it was a second language to him. we need to -- there are things about the conservative movement that actually we believe in small government, but we also believe in the individual. too many republicans here...
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she goes to washington, d.c. and gets all of these taxes and red tape and bureaucracy and executive orders and agencies, and brings all of this stuff and dumps it on us in missouri. he got raised eyebrows when he said mccaskill was more ladylike during her '06 senate campaign. >>> republicans must be scratching their head over linda mcmahon's new campaign ad, despite criticizing president obama and the democrats, she's highlighting voters who support not only her, but the president. >> i'm supporting president obama and linda mcmahon. >> i'll be voting for barack obama and linda mcmahon this year. >> i'm voting for president barack obama and linda mcmahon for senator on the independent line. >>> nonstop laughs on "saturday night live." this weekend, their take on the second presidential debate. take a look. >> now, the president claims that unemployment is dropping. >> it is. >> hey, hey, hey, hey. you'll get your turn, pal, okay? i go first because i won the coin toss. >> this was luck. >> luck? no, no, no, winn
she goes to washington, d.c. and gets all of these taxes and red tape and bureaucracy and executive orders and agencies, and brings all of this stuff and dumps it on us in missouri. he got raised eyebrows when he said mccaskill was more ladylike during her '06 senate campaign. >>> republicans must be scratching their head over linda mcmahon's new campaign ad, despite criticizing president obama and the democrats, she's highlighting voters who support not only her, but the president....
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i will read from david ignatius in the "washington post" today. the currently available information suggests that the demonstrations in benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the u.s. embassy in cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the u.s. consulate and subsequently its annex. there are indications that -- there are indications that extremists participated in the violent demonstrations. nbc news has not confirmed this, but certainly, the more you get into this, which yes, has been complicated, i do not think white house messaging has been particularly transparent on this, but there is a cia assessment that suggests that susan rice was not obfuscating. >> right. nbc news hasn't confirmed but david ignatius is a fantastic reporter. when he had this column out i think it was saturday, talking about what susan rice said on the sunday shows was directly from cia talking points from the day before. here's the thing. when it comes to politics, it's all black and white. good versus evil, you're right, i'm wrong, the whole thin
i will read from david ignatius in the "washington post" today. the currently available information suggests that the demonstrations in benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the u.s. embassy in cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the u.s. consulate and subsequently its annex. there are indications that -- there are indications that extremists participated in the violent demonstrations. nbc news has not confirmed this, but certainly, the more you get into...
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williamson told the "washington post" today. he told the "post" if mitt romney were president there wouldn't be any protests at u.s. embassies in the middle east and africa because the rioters would have too much respect for the united states. he says, quote, there's a pretty compelling story that if you had a president romney you'd be in a different situation, mr. will m williamson told the post. quote, in egypt and libya and yemen, again, demonstrations, the respect for america has gone down. there's not a sense of american resolve. so there wouldn't be unrest among muslims in the region, over a palablasphemous video on internet and wouldn't be terrorist attacks on u.s. targets and personnel if only the so-called arab street respected the u.s. president's resolve. in this republican vision, a mitt romney presidency would make anti-american unrest disappear around the globe because attacks on american installations and diplomatic posts worldwide only happen when a sitting american president lacks resolve. that's the romney camp
williamson told the "washington post" today. he told the "post" if mitt romney were president there wouldn't be any protests at u.s. embassies in the middle east and africa because the rioters would have too much respect for the united states. he says, quote, there's a pretty compelling story that if you had a president romney you'd be in a different situation, mr. will m williamson told the post. quote, in egypt and libya and yemen, again, demonstrations, the respect for...
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investing more, better education systems. >> "the washington post's" chief correspondent dan balz joins me now. you watched so many of these debates and posed eight questions that you think sets the stage for tonight. >> right. >> let's talk about first what's at stake here. the first debate, the first face-off between the two men. >> the first debate is always the most important. it draws the biggest audience. the stakes for both president obama and mitt romney are big. but obviously bigger for mitt romney because he's had a bad couple of weeks and i think there is more pressure on him at this point to do something that changes the nature of the debate, changes the nature of the race, gives people an opportunity to take a fresh look at him and i think that's what he'll be trying to do tonight. >> what do you think the winning strategies are? your second question. the winning strategies for each side. >> the winning strategy for governor romney is to do two things which are not easily done together. one is to be pretty aggressive on the president, to go after him, to attack him in ways
investing more, better education systems. >> "the washington post's" chief correspondent dan balz joins me now. you watched so many of these debates and posed eight questions that you think sets the stage for tonight. >> right. >> let's talk about first what's at stake here. the first debate, the first face-off between the two men. >> the first debate is always the most important. it draws the biggest audience. the stakes for both president obama and mitt...
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is this a walk in the park since "the washington post," the people polled by "the washington post" seems to think the president has this thing knocked. >> well, you know, we don't pay attention to all those polls. look, i think the romney campaign has been clear for months they're going to use this, pull out every zinger in the book to use this as a game changing performance. that's what they think they need, that's what they expect mitt romney to deliver on on wednesday evening. as the president's preparing over the next couple days in lovely las vegas he's looking at it differently. he thinks this is an opportunity to speak directly to the american people as he did at convention about his vision for moving the country forward. that's who our audience is, so that's what his focus is over the next 48 hours until denver. >> now, bob mcdonnell in an interview just now with me said that while i was questioning him about the lack of pictuspecific would achieve deficit reduction and cut taxes to the extent they will, he said what about the president's deficit of job creation and the fact he h
is this a walk in the park since "the washington post," the people polled by "the washington post" seems to think the president has this thing knocked. >> well, you know, we don't pay attention to all those polls. look, i think the romney campaign has been clear for months they're going to use this, pull out every zinger in the book to use this as a game changing performance. that's what they think they need, that's what they expect mitt romney to deliver on on...
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"the washington post" writes, quote, the cia documents supported susan rice's description of the benghazi attacks but the romney campaign doesn't care. they are playing politics with national security. it's a disgrace. the question is, will the president expose mitt romney if he tries that attack tonight? joining me now is a distinguished public servant who has a lifetime of experience on this issue, senator john kerry. he's also been playing governor romney in the practice debate with the president. senator kerry, thank you for being with us tonight. >> reverend al, i'm happy to be with you and your good friend sends you her best. >> give my love to teresa. let me get right to the point, senator kerry. mitt romney has talked about the attacks in libya. >> mr. romney and the entire republican party is trying very hard to politicize something that's a tragedy, where the administration has been absolutely candid and direct and upfront as you just said, the cia talking points said what they said. now, what's important here is really to get larger than this. mitt romney went out within moment
"the washington post" writes, quote, the cia documents supported susan rice's description of the benghazi attacks but the romney campaign doesn't care. they are playing politics with national security. it's a disgrace. the question is, will the president expose mitt romney if he tries that attack tonight? joining me now is a distinguished public servant who has a lifetime of experience on this issue, senator john kerry. he's also been playing governor romney in the practice debate...
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. >> joining me for more is the political writer for the "new york times" john har wood and "washington post" amy gardner. thank you for being here. appreciate that. you heard senator graham essentially accusing the administration of misleading on the nature of the benghazi attack. what's your attack? >> my attack take is that benghazi has become the channel through which republicans remaining unhappiness about the election outcome is being focused. look, it was catastrophic tragedy. but we have an explanation from petraeus for why susan rice said what she said. that is to say they deliberately obscured what they knew in order to avoid giving away too much to our adversaries. now you could say why did you need to do that? i'm not competent to say what advantage was gained there, but i'm not sure in the alternative what advantage anyone thinks the obama administration was going to get by misleading. the event happened. did anyone think the obama administration was trying to preserve some illusion that terrorists never would hit us as long as obama was president? we have been at war with
. >> joining me for more is the political writer for the "new york times" john har wood and "washington post" amy gardner. thank you for being here. appreciate that. you heard senator graham essentially accusing the administration of misleading on the nature of the benghazi attack. what's your attack? >> my attack take is that benghazi has become the channel through which republicans remaining unhappiness about the election outcome is being focused. look, it was...
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i like the way they say this in washington. a friend of whose? i respect the endorsement decision he made, and i do not doubt that it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies. piers morgan's question was whether colin powell should leave the party, and i don't think he should. let me get back to this. this is orchestrated. listen to some of the stuff he said in the past. sununu had some inflammatory things throughout the campaign. listen to a press conference call back in july. >> the president clearly demonstrated that he has absolutely no idea how the american economy functions. the men and women all over america who have worked hard to build these businesses, their businesses from the ground up is how our economy became the envy of the world. it is the american way, and i wish this president would learn how to be an american. >> i wish he'd learn how to be an american. they always kick that as the kicker, you're right, joy. it isn't good enough to disagree with his policies. he ain't an american. zble >> he ain't one o
i like the way they say this in washington. a friend of whose? i respect the endorsement decision he made, and i do not doubt that it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies. piers morgan's question was whether colin powell should leave the party, and i don't think he should. let me get back to this. this is orchestrated. listen to some of the stuff he said in the past. sununu had some inflammatory things throughout the campaign. listen to a press conference call back...
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i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. can you smell it? it's the ugliness of this campaign. heading into the last week, the romney campaign against president obama carries the scent of hell. john sununu, the top romney surrogate, barks at that lazy one in the white house who doesn't know how to be an american, who sarah palin mocks for shucking and jiving, and donald trump accuses again and again and again of being from kenya and playing monkey business with the country's economic numbers. you know, the same fellow romney says cheats on the welfare checks to feed his political base. the guy gingrich calls the food stamp president. listen to sununu last night yelling at former governor bill richardson to shut up saying general colin powell's political judgment is based on racial bias. trump offering a big bet the president won't show his student transcripts all to diminish the president's academic rise to editor of the harvard law review. yes, it's all directed at drumming up the blue collar white vote for the republican ticket and, yes, it
i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start with this. can you smell it? it's the ugliness of this campaign. heading into the last week, the romney campaign against president obama carries the scent of hell. john sununu, the top romney surrogate, barks at that lazy one in the white house who doesn't know how to be an american, who sarah palin mocks for shucking and jiving, and donald trump accuses again and again and again of being from kenya and playing monkey business with the country's...
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washington likes their chances with him on the mound. nfl, thursday night football, steelers on the road in music city. taking on the titans. first quarter, purposing from 22. it's not good. titans eventually recovered near the goal line. it led to a tennessee touchdown. four seconds left. score tied at 23. good from 40 yards out. the party is on in nashville. titans win the section of the season. steelers drop to 2-3 losing their third consecutive. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, joe biden and paul ryan get together for their one and only debate serving as proxies for the president and mitt romney. how did ryan do? we'll knock that around with our "morning joe" crew. when we come back here, we huddle around the water cooler to watch a near brawl in a debate in california. head locks and fingers in faces when way too early comes back. a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna read one of these. i'm gonna read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 duster's extender gets into
washington likes their chances with him on the mound. nfl, thursday night football, steelers on the road in music city. taking on the titans. first quarter, purposing from 22. it's not good. titans eventually recovered near the goal line. it led to a tennessee touchdown. four seconds left. score tied at 23. good from 40 yards out. the party is on in nashville. titans win the section of the season. steelers drop to 2-3 losing their third consecutive. >>> coming up at the top of the...
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washington is obsessed with the deficit but the deficit wasn't the first issue that he talked about. the first issue he talked about was creating jobs and the programs that he wants to push through for job training and community colleges and the like to help raise people's income and, again, i think that's very true to the constituency that elected him that, yes, people want the long-term fiscal problem solved but right now they are still interested in making sure this economy keeps moving forward. and, again, without claiming he has political capital, that's an issue where i think he's aligned not only with his own constituency but with a lot of other people, too. >> even in victory he reaches for consensus, chris. >> that's absolutely right. and he has gone above and beyond, no matter what the republicans say, he tried so hard to get republicans on board with health care to work with him time and time again and they just rebuffed him from the beginning. we'll see if they behaved this time around. >> we'll see. thank you for your time tonight. have a great weekend. >> thanks, you to
washington is obsessed with the deficit but the deficit wasn't the first issue that he talked about. the first issue he talked about was creating jobs and the programs that he wants to push through for job training and community colleges and the like to help raise people's income and, again, i think that's very true to the constituency that elected him that, yes, people want the long-term fiscal problem solved but right now they are still interested in making sure this economy keeps moving...
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good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this, women of america beware. there's a crowd out there that doesn't believe in you. you go through the terror of rape and they question your word, they say you better have that baby or you're going to jail. check the republican platform that came out of tampa, 14th amendment rights to the fertilized human egg. what about the woman's rights you might ask? personhood for the unborn from conception, what about the woman's right to control her personhood. now a close romney ally in indiana put out word he would criminalize abortion even if the woman was raped. it's headed for the white house, people were scoffed when rick santorum pushed the contraception and now republicans are pushing a measure to let bosses deny coverage for birth control simply by saying they don't believe in it. bosses get to decide, all this from a party that wants to dismember medicare, erase health care and kill the effort for better education. romney is right it's not about big bird. i
good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this, women of america beware. there's a crowd out there that doesn't believe in you. you go through the terror of rape and they question your word, they say you better have that baby or you're going to jail. check the republican platform that came out of tampa, 14th amendment rights to the fertilized human egg. what about the woman's rights you might ask? personhood for the unborn from conception, what about the woman's...
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newsweek and the daily beast, vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com richard wolf, and from washington, pulitzer prize winning correspondent for the huffington post david wood and susan glasser. mitt romney wrapped up what the campaign billed as a major foreign policy speech with a grandiose title "the mantle of leadership." he compared peace through strength to that of truman, reagan and george marshall. he criticized president obama for chris stevens in failing to prevent the attack and the response. >> i want to be clear. the blame for the murder of our people in libya and attacks on embassies in other
newsweek and the daily beast, vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com richard wolf, and from washington, pulitzer prize winning correspondent for the huffington post david wood and susan glasser. mitt romney wrapped up what the campaign billed as a major foreign policy speech with a grandiose title "the mantle of leadership." he compared peace through strength to that of truman, reagan and george marshall. he criticized president obama for chris stevens in failing to prevent...
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secret service agent who served on the protection detail for president obama killed himself last week in washington. he was under investigation for violating policy by having a long-standing relationship with a woman from mexico without telling the secret service. >>> well, on thursday night football, san diego quarterback philip rivers connected on a career best 98% of his passes including two touchdowns as the chargers pounded the kansas city chiefs 31-13. >>> and only one game in the nba. the spurs edged the oklahoma city thunder 86-84. >>> now over to wall street where u.s. and asian markets were given a good boost. the dow climbed 136 points. the s&p jumped 15. the nasdaq rose 42. tokyo and hong kong finish the the week with with the nikkei gaining 104 points and the hang seng jumping 289. >>> traders and voters are watching for any surprises from today's october employment report. should be the last one before the election. expectations are about 125,000 jobs were added. that should keep the unemployment rate at 7.8%. >>> a slew of upbeat data drove thursday's momentum, including positive rep
secret service agent who served on the protection detail for president obama killed himself last week in washington. he was under investigation for violating policy by having a long-standing relationship with a woman from mexico without telling the secret service. >>> well, on thursday night football, san diego quarterback philip rivers connected on a career best 98% of his passes including two touchdowns as the chargers pounded the kansas city chiefs 31-13. >>> and only one...
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a lot to tell you about including a new politico piece that's been buzzing around washington overnight about some dissension within the romney campaign. we'll have the details there. >>> plus, we have a new president. at least on "snl" anyway. fred armisen gives way to the new president obama. see what you think with a clip later in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. violent protests are breaking out in afghanistan as we speak where crowds have set fire to police vehicles in kabul. armed demonstrators also attacked western compounds including those of private security companies. it's the latest in a wave of protests that have swept the muslim world after portions of an anti-islam film which was produced in the united states were posted online. >>> elsewhere in afghanistan, taliban insurgents killed two u.s. marines and damaged more than $200 million worth of equipment in an attack on a fortified compound. eight attack jets were severely damaged in what officials are calling a, quote, very sophisticated attack. investigators now try
a lot to tell you about including a new politico piece that's been buzzing around washington overnight about some dissension within the romney campaign. we'll have the details there. >>> plus, we have a new president. at least on "snl" anyway. fred armisen gives way to the new president obama. see what you think with a clip later in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. violent protests are breaking out in afghanistan as we...
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today, one scandal will give way to another in washington. david petraeus expected to testify in a closed door senate intelligence committee hearing. general petraeus is not expected to talk about his personal indiscretions that ended his cia career last week. instead, he'll be discussing details in the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya that resulted in the death of christopher stevens and three others. >>> also, the controversy over u.n. ambassador susan rice calling the assault spontaneous in september reached a boiling point. yesterday president obama and his first news conference since re-election exploded at republicans finger pointing over rice. >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence she had received and besmir much her reputation is outrageous. >> earlier, senators mccain and graham slammed rice vowing to stop her
today, one scandal will give way to another in washington. david petraeus expected to testify in a closed door senate intelligence committee hearing. general petraeus is not expected to talk about his personal indiscretions that ended his cia career last week. instead, he'll be discussing details in the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya that resulted in the death of christopher stevens and three others. >>> also, the controversy over u.n. ambassador susan rice...
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he said, get to washington, take the high ground. and sure enough, literally within months, the business roundtable was formed, can national association of manufacturers move their head quarters to washington. there were 175 companies when powell wrote his memo that many lobbying offices in washington. several years later, there were 2,400. 50 thous people working for business trade. they stuffed the consumer movement. they got deregulation, they got tax cuts, all kinds of things. so the power shift tilted the policy towards business, towards the wealthy. that started in the late 70s late rally when you and i were there. starnlths you had what i call wedge economics in the economy. used to be that the prosperity, the growth of american productivity was shared. middle class had its share along with the owners, along with the shareholders. the productivity of the american workforce doubled from 1945 to 1975. >> i know a lot about this. there's gucci gulch for all the lobbyists tell us how to write tax policy. a lot of businesses draft
he said, get to washington, take the high ground. and sure enough, literally within months, the business roundtable was formed, can national association of manufacturers move their head quarters to washington. there were 175 companies when powell wrote his memo that many lobbying offices in washington. several years later, there were 2,400. 50 thous people working for business trade. they stuffed the consumer movement. they got deregulation, they got tax cuts, all kinds of things. so the power...
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it won't be a cairo that says how high when washington says jump. that being said, i'm still -- this is really inexplicable that president morsi has taken this long to respond and he hasn't actually responded yet. >> ti do want to throw in the local idea used of how we were joking of how bad the internet is for this. if it wasn't for social media, the arab spring might not have happened. but if it weren't for social media, would this video have made the rounds. an arcane video have somebody everybody has condemned this guy left and right. >> of course it wouldn't. the social media and the internet are begins of popular -- wonderful popular uprisings and democratization as we saw in the arab spring and they're also engines of disinformation and misinformation and fueling potential violence and that's what we're seeing here. i'm not sure you can have one without the other. and you you can't put the genie of the internet back in the bottle either. but we'll have to figure out ways to help convey as quickly as possible to the people who understandably r
it won't be a cairo that says how high when washington says jump. that being said, i'm still -- this is really inexplicable that president morsi has taken this long to respond and he hasn't actually responded yet. >> ti do want to throw in the local idea used of how we were joking of how bad the internet is for this. if it wasn't for social media, the arab spring might not have happened. but if it weren't for social media, would this video have made the rounds. an arcane video have...
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joining me now is glen kessler of "the washington post" fact check. good to have you here. the biggest bite of the night and trender on twitter is horses and bayonets exchange. take a listen. >> our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. >> i think governor romney maybe hasn't spent enough time looking at how the military works. you mentioned the navy for example and we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. we have the things alled aircraft carriers where planes land on them. we have the ships that go under water, nuclear submarines. >> you say that the zinger scores truthfully and the claims we know that horses and bayonets long been retired from military service, at least within the ways we define them in history. >> well, actually, i mean, think horse in afghanistan and they have bayonets, actually, with the marines. but the broader point that romney had made concerning the smallest navy since 1917 is almost as if the president was quoting one of the fact checks of this from a few
joining me now is glen kessler of "the washington post" fact check. good to have you here. the biggest bite of the night and trender on twitter is horses and bayonets exchange. take a listen. >> our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. >> i think governor romney maybe hasn't spent enough time looking at how the military works. you mentioned the navy for example and we have fewer ships than we did in 1916. we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature...